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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 02, 1987
Filed:
Mar. 14, 1980
Applicant:
Inventor:
Sanjoy Ghose, Santa Cruz, CA (US);
Assignee:
Memorex Corporation, Santa Clara, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G11B / ; G11B / ; G11B / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
360103 ;
Abstract
A slider for flying a magnetic head on a fluid bearing above moving magnetic recording media is disclosed in which a fluid bearing surface includes a generally planar fluid support surface extending generally transverse to the direction of movement of the media, a ramped leading edge and a cavity having a generally spherical surface formed in the fluid support surface and spaced from the leading edge thereof. A method of making such a slider is also disclosed.